TY - JOUR T1 - Apoptosis in cardiovascular disease JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 313 LP - 313 DO - 10.1136/hrt.79.3.313 VL - 79 IS - 3 AU - M R BENNETT AU - J J BOYLE Y1 - 1998/03/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/79/3/313.1.abstract N2 - Sir,—We would like to endorse much of the editorial on apoptosis in cardiovascular disease,1 but feel it appropriate to add some further points. The original description of apoptosis was a morphological description, and morphology of cells remains the gold standard for detection of apoptosis. The morphological changes observed in apoptosis are a continuous process from retraction of cells as the first indicator to … ER -